Folding chair.



F. LEE.

FOLDING CHAIR.

APPLICATION rum) SEPT.19, 1912.

1,71,46, Patented 2 mg. 26, 1191s.

llNlTED STAZ'QES PATENT OFFICE.

FITZI-IUGH LEE, 0F RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

FOLDING- CHAIR.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Frrzrmerr Lian, a citizenof the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico andfState of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFolding Chairs, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

The invention comprehends improvements in articles of furniture andrelates more particularly to a folding chair.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a chair ofthis character which may be readily folded in a compact form therebyrequiring but a limited amount of space and which may be readilyassembled for use.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a simple strongand durable construction in a device of this character the parts ofwhich may be comparatively cheap in the cost to manufacture, strong andreliable when in use.

The invention also aims to generally improve this class of devicerendering them commercially desirable.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of thenovel details of construction, combination formation and arrangement ofparts as will be hereinafter more fully described, claimed andparticularly pointed out in the appended drawings in which Figure 1 is aside elevation embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of thesame; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the seat; Fig. 4 is an endelevation embodying my invention when folded in a compact form, and Fig.5 is a detail sectional view.

Reference now being had to the accompanying drawings wherein like andcorresponding parts are designated by similar reference charactersthroughout the several views the numeral 1 indicates the seat of thechair comprising two sections which are hingedly secured as at 2 attheir adjacent edges. A plurality of projections 4 extend from the seat1 and have formed therein threaded recesses in which are adapted to besecured the reduced threaded portions 5 of the leg 6 which providessuitable supporting means for the chair. The legs 6 are braced by meansof rounds 7 which have their extremities threaded as at 7 for engagementSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 19, 1912.

Patented Aug. 26, 1913. Serial No. 721,263.

with the recesses 7 formed in each of the legs 6 as shown.

The back rest of the chair comprises two sections 8 and 9 respectivelywhich have ex tending laterally therefrom projections 10 and 11 adjacenteach end thereof which when placed together form brace bars for the backrest of the chair. The side members of the back rest each comprise twosec tions hingedly secured together as at 12 and the lower extremitiesof said side members are provided with reduced tapered portions adaptedto rest within recesses formed within the upper face of each section ofthe seat. The hinge members which connect the sections of the seat haveextending there through a rod 13 having detachably mounted on eachextremity thereof nuts 14- so that the rod may be readily removed andthe sections taken apart when desired and a new section substituted inits place should one of the sections become worn or broken.

It is apparent from the foregoing that the portions of the chair asbefore described may be readily detached and assembled and folded in acompact form which will require but a small amount of space when not inuse. in folding the chair the back rest is removed from the seat andeach of the side members thereof are folded upon themselves and placedupon the lower face of one section of the seat as shown more clearly inF 4 of the drawings. The legs and rounds of the chair are then removedand placed in the position as also shown in Fig. l of the drawings. Oneof the sections of the seat is then folded upon the opposite section andthe back rest and the supporting means will be held between the sectionsof the seat. The outer edges of the sections cfthe seat opposite to theedges to which the hinges 2 are secured are then fastened together bymeans of clips 15. Each of these clips comprises a strip of sheet metalhaving an opening formed adjacent each end thereof which is adapted toregister with recess-es 15' formed within the sections of the seat sothat set screws 16 may be inserted through the clips and fastened to thesections of the seat there by holding the same together which willobviously prevent the removal of the parts of the chair which are heldbetween the sections of the seat. When the chair is in its set up formand to be used the clips 15 are then fastened to the lateral projections10 and 11 of the back rest thereby rigidly holding the same together.These chairs are preferably made of some light material which willpermit the same to be readily carried when folded in a compact form andit is apparent that the device when in a folded form will take up but alimited amount of space.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings it is obvious that a chair of this character will be strong anddurable when in use and whereas I have shown a specific embodiment ofthe present invention it is of course to be understood that other minordetails in changes as to form construction and arrangement of parts maybe resorted to that come within the scope of the present inventionwithout departing from the spirit thereof.

hat I claim:

1. A folding chair comprising a seat and a back rest, said seat and backrest each comprising a plurality of folding sections, the sections ofthe back rest being adapted to fold between the sections of the seat,the folding sections of the seat being hingedly united, detachable clipsadapted to hold the sections of the back rest in extended posiion andthe sections of the seat in folded position and spacing means for thesections of the seat.

2. In a folding chair, the combination with a seat and a back rest, saidseat and back rest each comprising a plurality of folding sections, saidsections of the back rest being adapted to fold between the sections oftheseat, said back rest including lateral extensions, detachable clipsengaging the lateral extensions to hold the back rest in its extendedposition, said clips also being adapted to hold the seat sections infolded position, and means for spacing the sections of the seat, asandfor the purposes set forth.

3. In a folding chair, the combination of a seat and a back rest, saidseat comprising a plurality of hinged folding sections, said back restcomprising a plurality of folding sections adapted to be folded betweenthe sections of the seat, leg receiving projections depending from theseat sections and adapted to hold the latter in spaced relation, eachsection of the back rest including a lateral extension, clips detachablysecured to the lateral extensions and adapted to hold the sections ofthe back rest in extended position and the said clips also being adaptedto engage the free edge of the seat sections and hold the latter infolded position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

FITZHUGH LEE. Witnesses:

HORACE SLAYTON, JMATTIE HEWIN.

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